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  experiences with optical thunderbolt cables ?

  Posted by Rainer Wirth on March 22, 2018 at 1:22 pm

  Hi folks,

  has anybody experiences with optical thunderbolt connections?

  cheers

  Rainer

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  Rainer Wirth replied 8 years, 1 month ago 2 Members · 2 Replies
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  Bob Zelin

  March 22, 2018 at 7:31 pm

  yes –
  Corning makes them. They are thunderbolt 2 only. There are currently no thunderbolt 3 optical cables.
  They are expensive. You might as well stick with a 10G adaptor, and cheap Cat 6 cabling. Especially now, the thunderbolt 3 to 10G adaptors are under $300 US. Will Corning release thunderbolt 3 optical cables ? I have no idea.

  Bob Zelin

  Bob Zelin
  Rescue 1, Inc.
  bobzelin@icloud.com
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  Rainer Wirth

  March 23, 2018 at 2:45 pm

  Hi Bob,

  thanks for your input. I telephoned a little.
  The corning cables do just 10Gb/s.
  The problem is they get hot and after some time the connection gets unreliable.
  So optical cable is no choice at the present moment.
  Your Adapter possibility sounds quite good, because it is also 10Gb/s and cheaper,
  perhaps more reliable too.

  cheers

  Rainer

  factstory
  Rainer Wirth
  phone_0049-177-2156086
  Mac pro 8core
  Adobe,FCP,Avid
  several raid systems

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